Professor of Law, University of Richmond School of Law Richmond, VA Professor Carol Brown teaches and writes in the areas of property, land use planning, real estate transactions, and housing law. She is the author or co-author of six books on these subjects, including Thomson West’s Cases and Materials on American Property Law, as well as a number of law review articles and book chapters. A leader in her field, Professor Brown is a frequent presenter at symposiums and conferences. Professor Brown was the 2011-12 chair of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Real Estate Transactions, and has also served as chair of the AALS Section on Property Law, among other leadership positions on AALS committees. Prior to joining the Richmond Law faculty in 2012, Professor Brown was a tenured professor at University of North Carolina School of Law.

Orlando Delogu Professor of Law, University of Maine School of Law Portalnd, ME Orlando E. Delogu, Esq., a Professor of Law at the University of Maine School of Law, teaches property law, land use law, environmental law, water law, administrative law, and state and local government. He is the author of over 30 articles and books, including a current land use law casebook and, with Professor John Davidson, a two-volume treatise on federal environmental law. Professor Delogu has been a consultant to the National Water Commission and the Association for the Study of Peak Oil, a member of Maine’s Board of Environmental Protection, a Portland city councilor, and is presently a member of the City of Portland Planning Board.

Daniel Mandelker, FAICP Stamper Professor of Law, Washington University St. Louis, MO Daniel R. Mandelker, FAICP, is the Stamper Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, where he teaches land use law and state and local government law. In 2007 he received the Daniel J. Curtin Lifetime Achievement Award from the Section of State and Local Government of the American Bar Association. He is the author of several books, treatises and articles, including Planning and Control of Land Development Designing Planned Communities and Free Speech Law for On Premise Signs. Professor Mandelker was the principal consultant for the American Planning Association’s Smart Growth project. He has served on the Board of Directors of the American Planning Association and their Amicus Curiae Committee.

Stuart Meck, FAICP Associate Professor, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey Stuart Meck, FAICP, is an associate research professor in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He is the coauthor of Planning and Control of Land Development: Cases and Materials, 8th Edition (Lexis/Nexis 2011) and Ohio Planning and Zoning Law, 2012 (17th) edition (West), published annually. A former president of the American Planning Association, Meck has 41 years of experience as a planner, municipal administrator, researcher, and planning faculty member. His long-term goal is to master funk drumming.

Dwight Merriam, FAICP Partner, Robinson & Cole Hartford, CT Dwight Merriam, FAICP, founded Robinson & Cole's Land Use Group in 1978. He represents land owners, developers, governments, and individuals in land use matters. Among his numerous affiliations, Mr. Merriam is a Fellow and past president of the American Institute of Certified Planners, and a former director of the American Planning Association. He teaches land use law at the University of Connecticut School of Law and at the Vermont Law School and has published over 200 articles and eight books, including Inclusionary Zoning Moves Downtown, The Takings Issue, The Complete Guide to Zoning, and Eminent Domain Use and Abuse: Kelo in Context. He is the senior co-author of the leading casebook in land use law, Planning and Control of Land Development.

Thomas J. Ragonetti Otten Johnson Robinson Neff & Ragonetti PC Denver, CO Thomas J. Ragonetti is a senior shareholder and director of Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti, PC, a leading law firm in Denver, where he specializes in land use, government regulation, urban and real estate development and construction law. He represents private and public sector clients in matters involving complex governmental approvals and large scale development and construction. He has degrees in law from Harvard Law School and in City Planning from Cornell University. He is an adjunct professor in the School of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado at Denver and in the University of Denver College of Law. He is President of the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute and has served on the Colorado Land Use Commission and The Colorado Blue Ribbon Panel on Housing.

Peter W. Salsich, Jr. McDonnell Professor of Justice in American Society, Saint Louis University School of Law St. Louis, MO Professor Peter Salsich joined the Saint Louis University School of Law faculty in 1969 and has devoted his scholarly work to exploring the relationship of land use laws to affordable housing and urban redevelopment. Professor Salsich has served on numerous boards and commissions, including the American Bar Association’s Commission on Homelessness and Poverty and Legal Services of Eastern Missouri. He is also a former editor of the Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law and the co-author of casebooks in housing law, land use regulation, property law, and state and local government law, as well as more than 30 articles.

Nancy E. Stroud, Esq., AICP Partner, Lewis, Stroud & Deutsch, PL Boca Raton, FL Nancy Stroud is a founding member of Lewis, Stroud & Deutsch. Her practice emphasizes growth management, community redevelopment and constitutional issues related to zoning and planning. She has defended local government land use decisions and regulations in state and federal court, and has also represented private clients and nonprofit organizations. Among her professional service activities, Ms. Stroud serves on the American Planning Association Amicus Curiae Committee and contributes to her state and local chapters of the APA. She regularly lectures and publishes on land use topics. Her award winning work includes special counsel representation to the City of Miami for the Miami 21 form-based zoning code and associated plan, which won the APA 2011 National Planning Excellence Award for Best Practice.